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x4740N@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• areyouevenreal@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes and no. You get prions from eating a person that’s also infected with prions. Basically if you eat cloned meat of yourself it should be fine as you either already have prions, or you don’t already have prions. Prions manifest as either CJD if you got it naturally or Kuru if you got it through canibalism.

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  • Quereller@lemmy.one ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is muscle tissue even infectious? (Especially when grown from a few cells) Don’t you need to eat some brain or spinal cord?

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    • arken@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think the brain is only where the concentration of prions is highest and therefore the most dangerous part of an infected person to eat, but you can also get it from other body parts. But I’m no expert… haven’t eaten anyone in years actually.

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      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, it can pass through muscle/meat. That’s what was getting people with CJD and possibly this zombie deer stuff.

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    • Affidavit@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Eating brain/spinal cord is not required to contract a prion disease; prions can also be spread through any biological medium where protein material is located, for instance, blood. This is the reason why those who have CJD or other TSEs in their family are unable to donate blood.

      This is also how vampires became extinct.

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      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The blood relative thing is kind of silly, it should be mothers only but it also bans you if your father contracted it after you were born.

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      • Quereller@lemmy.one ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, I think I was wrong with my assumption.

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